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so we've all taken one of those flights. on this one, an idaho man is accused of slapping a 2-year-old boil during a flight from minneapolis to dlaent. the child started crying when the cabin pressure changed. he smacked the child in the face with his open hand. he denies it but one passenger says he saw the hold thing. hundley could face a year in prison. he's already been suspended from his job. i'm deb feyerick. i'll be back with you at the top of the hour with the latest top stories. for right now, keep it here for a behind is the scenes look at the greatest latest hottest fashion from new york with alina cho. >> hi, everybody. welcome to a very special edition of fashion backstage pass.

i'm alina cho at lincoln center, the home and heart of new york fashion week. we're taking you inside the tents for an exclusive look at the fall 2013 collections. ♪ >> we have more fashion houses than paris. we are the fashion capital of the world. >> reporter: during fashion week, the world has its eyes on the big apple. oscar de la renta, michael kors, care lena herrera. most of the shows stayed on schedule. but after the blizzard, mark jacobs post phones his show, citing delivery delays. you may think fashion week is all glitz and glamour, but if you work in fashion, it can be grueling. long hours, little to eat, no

sleep, and remember, new york is just the beginning. after this, there are back-to-back fashion weeks in london, milan, paris, twice a year. just how busy does it get? we followed three top people in the business to find out. top model lu wen, paper magazine editor micky board mann, linda fargo our cameras simultaneously followed them on new york fashion week's first big day. >> we already have -- >> 9:00 a.m., fargo is at the office. >> let's also go through our schedule. we're up to 70 appointments this week and shows. it's getting kind of crazy. >> still looking for that old scroll. >> 9:30, micky board mann is at his office downtown. >> who are you going to see today. >> kate spade, jason wu. >> he's off. >> hay, henry. >> to the shows. >> hello, hello. hello. >> are you coming to the party

tonight? >> i think so theoretically. >> noon already. >> how are you? >> model lieu wen is backstage at jason wu's show. >> sometime you know you get tired. just eat a little bit of chocolate. make you happy. >> we're back with board mann. >> even if you're invited and in the front row, it's a lot of pushing, shoving, standing, sitting, get up. >> fargo is still en route planning her schedule for europe. >> hello. >> when she arrives -- >> what are your tips for surviving the week and the month? >> i think there's a little bit of just say no. no thank you. people call this fashion week and you have to remember it's really fashion month. we go to london and then milan and then paris. >> in new york alone there are more than 300 shows over the course of eight days, one of the biggest media events in the city bringing in some $200 million to the local economy. hotels, cabs, parties, a lot of running around. ♪ >> 1:00 p.m., lie wen is on the

catwalk. barred man and fargo are there. 3:00 p.m. another show with fargo who is looking for inspiration for her store and for the windows. off to another appointment. >> the other thing is always to find your car when they all look the same. >> right. >> 5:00 p.m., the rag and bones show, look who's here. >> trying to lose you all day. >> 6:00 p.m., in the car with lie wen. >> so great. so tired. >> 7:00 p.m., fitting with diane von furstenberg. >> it's kind of nice. okay. >> let me guess, 7:45. >> we end the day with fargo at an event celebrating new designers. >> 11 hours later. >> 11 hours. that's not so bad. >> it's hard work, but a lot of fun. the annual met gala in new york is often called the party of the year. the oscars of fashion. last year, when actress lena dunham needed a gown for that event, the 26-year-old force

behind the hit show "girls" turned to a rising star. dunham chose this malachi green duchess satin gown by wes gordon. hearing this, we had to know more. lo is he and why is he a designer to watch? >> at 26 designer wes gordon may look like a kid but he designs like a master. >> we have crazy fabric combinations. >> this former tom ford intern fell in love with design as a child, launching his label in 2009, straight out of college. >> being a young designer you don't know all the wrong ways to do things. so you come into it with a lot of fresh ideas. i'm in love with this fabric. >> rich colors, fabrics, done in a modern way. >> who is the wes gordon girl? >> the wes gordon girl? i think she appreciates special. she's a little bit crazy and dare snoog like lena dunham. he also dressed katy perry, january jones and first lady

michelle obama. >> that was incredibly exciting. that was amazing. >> reporter: for his latest collection a huge crowd. and his name in many lights. >> it's such a whirlwind this hour goes by faster than any hour in my life. >> turn around and take a look and tell me what you think. >> i want to go change that scarf. >> for more on wes gordon, read my article in the spring issue of "time, style and design." coming up, here's someone who not too long ago was a newcomer himself. now, alexander wang has a fashion empire worth $80 million. he's just been named the new designer of balenciaga, shuttling back and forth between paris and new york to design two collections simultaneously. >> are you practicing your french? >> i am practicing my french. i have my rosett stone installed and ready to go. >> we're backstage with alexander wang, the hottest

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this purse. >> i was just looking at it. >> really? that's funny because i was looking at you trying to steal the purse. >> the character from mad tv and alexander wang's latest ads is just one example of how this designer isn't afraid to take chances and be irreverent. wang is very busy these days is, designing his namesake collection in new york and for the first time ever ba lensia ga in paris. how does this 29-year-old fashion phenom get it all done? we went backstage with him to find out. baby faced and adorable, alexander wang is something of a phenom. the creative force behind his own brand, and the new creative director of european fashion house ba lensia ga, a coveted job when he landed it sent shock waves through the industry. >> i was, you know, of course, very surprised and excited and --

>> you're 29. >> you know, if i'm not digging now, i'm not going to do it at any other point. >> is he ready to take on the house of balenciaga? >>, of course. most importantly he has a very strong vision, a global vision. >> wang started his label at age 20 with the deaf creating a modern dressed down uniform. he even coined the phrase to describe it "model off duty." >> who is the alex wang girl? >> you know, it's always this idea of elevating the everyday. >> wang's business is now worth an estimated $80 million. 1w58 stores worldwide. >> take the billboard? >> yes. >> and a new collaboration with samsung. diane von furstenberg was an early mentor. >> i think he's definitely talented but many people are talented. he has a clarity. >> you basically came out of the womb wanting to be a fashion designer, didn't you? >> i mean not right out of the womb.

>> well, close. >> since he was 4. yeah. he hold "vogue" magazine at the time. i said that's not for the little boy to read. he said mom, that's going to be my future business. >> part of his appeal is that will wang doesn't take it all so seriously. just look at his new ad. featuring bon kweekwee one of his favorite characters from mad tv. >> get me the right size, please. >> i got to go in the basement. i'm going to get lost. no, girl, this is going to work. >> when i choose to do something it's because that the moment something inspires me. >> from a grand stained point, is that part of connecting with your girl too. >> it is because i think to a certain extent, why can't it? >>. >> on the runway in new york, wang put on a show rivaling the collections in paris, clothes that is fashion insiders say could hint at what's to come at

ba lensia ga. >> you've been doing a lot of shutting between new york and paris. >> yes. >> are you practicing your french. >> i am practicing my french. i have my rosetta stone installed and you know, ready to go. >> to all the critics who say he's too young and too commercial for an old fashioned house like ba lensia ga. >> opposition pushes me and it challenges me and you know, hopefully they enjoy the collection. ♪ >> fashion shows aren't just about the clothes. hair and makeup are also critical. part of the designer's overall vision. it's about a head to toe look where the lipstick or the nails are just as important as the outfit. for the makeup i wanted to make them feel very pretty. so their skin just has a primer.

lashes are really big, 60s, but then the socket line which is traditionally '60s, i an started a little bit further closer to the middle of the eye and extended further. it's cool. i think it looks like a rag & bone girl. >> so is it very low side part and swept over the forehead so it gives you a kind of boyish feeling. and then it's caught in a ponytail and then spraying some product into it. and then just putting it into a messy knot. so the overall feeling is very easy, very do it yourself. >> what can hair and makeup do to enhance the look of the clothes? >> well, i mean, it's a sort of -- it's playing off the clothes really. i mean we concentrate a lot on who our rag & bone girl is and she's cool and she's got the downtown edge to her. so sometimes when the clothes can get a little more dressed up, sometimes it's a good way to make it a little more punky. >> you can't not do hair and

makeup. it slows an element of fantasy and it's about an element of dreaming and bushing your idea of what your girl could be and you can't just do it with the clothes. >> he helped make coach a must have brand. he also has his own line. reed craik cough went from fashion famous to world famous when he dressed michelle obama at the inauguration. found out how he's inspired when i give you an exclusive peek inside his laboratory, an 1,000 foot square home. plus, discovered at 14, she's the original super model. naomi campbell as you've never seen her before. one-on-one, showing a softer side. >> what does style mean to you? >> i think it's being comfortable in who you are and really learning what looks well on you and then taking it a step further and try trying new things. >> having like the courage to know that life is a beautiful

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something and make it your own. >> i think when i look at somebody and i am sort of arrested by them, it's because i think that what i'm seeing is that they seem to feel really good about the way that they look. what stops me most and makes me really look at something and kind of admire that in somebody is the way they feel about themselves. >> welcome back to fashion backstage pass. i'm alina cho. coming up, he's the man who made coach cool again. building it from a $500 million brand to a $14 billion behemoth. reed krakoff. three years ago he started his own label. it was one of fashion's best kept secrets. now cray cough is blowing up after he dressed first lady michelle obama at the inauguration. how is he inspired? krakoff says for him, design begins at home.

>> reporter: he's the man with the golden touch and two full-time jobs. reed krakoff, president of iconic american brand coach, creative director of his own label. a man who likes to say he, would not in fashion but design. >> i think of myself more as a brand architect. >> do you spend a lot of time in here an. >> reporter: take a look around his stunning manhattan townhouse and it's easy to see why. there is an endless staircase. like the gugenheim, isn't it. >> a little bit. >> museum quality art like this kald erl mobile. >> i love the idea that he had his own world. >> reporter: furniture. >> how many people can you fit on that couch? >> a lot. >> reporter: and fixtures. >> it's very special. >> including this turn of the subjectiveny lamp that serves as the centerpiece of krakoff's favorite room. a glossy gray-walled library that doubles as a dining room. for krakoff and his interior designer wife delphine is,

designing is intensely personal. >> it's a pleasure, and kind of a gift to be able to do it. >> undeniably spectacular, the home is also a laboratory of sorts. the designer takes inspiration from here and uses it here. and maybe even here. >> less about a color or about a shape. it's more about how to bring things together and tell a story, whether it's art or design, photography, it create he's dialogue. i think more that dialogue than relationship is what i bring to fashion. >> colors in a painting can end up in a shoe. or a bag. stainless steel chairs in his home also seen here in his jewelry. but what about krakoff's blue cardigan sweater and dress first lady michelle obama wore to the inauguration? >> a lot was made about how the blue matched the drapes in the room. >> right. >> was that something you were thinking about? >> no, i can honestly say it wasn't. it was sort of a happy accident. >> reporter: one that has catapulted reed krakoff's name

and his 3-year-old label from fashion famous to world famous. at a time when his other company 72-year-old coach, a $14 billion brand, is undergoing a global renovation. >> that means shoes? >> shoes. >> more clothes. >> more clothes. jewelry. eye wear, watches. >> going beyond the duffel sack into a lifestyle brand. krakoff jokes he's best suited to do one job, but has shown he can succeed at two. michelle obama shined a spotlight on another designer at the inauguration. tom brown. best known for designing shrunken suits for men, he's now on the map with women's wear. staging his first ever runway show which is less a show and more performance art. >> i do love the performance behind my shows, and i like people to leave with an experience. and my shows specifically i do want people to really have an emotional reaction to it.

>> is that -- why? is it about the dream. >> it's so about the dream. the shows are about the dream. >> coming up, designers michael kors and diane von if first stenberg, plus -- super model naomi campbell. she's at the top of her game after battling a series of scandals. how naomi is rediscovering herself.

style is ax individual's interpretation of fashion. >> it's not only what the person is wearing. it's the way she wears it, and it's the way she projects herself in a different way than other people. >>. >> individuality and originality and your own style is the most important. >> really understanding yourself and what looks well on you. so know your body, know your lifestyle. and at the end of the day, express yourself. that's what it's all about. >> my definition of style is to be comfortable with yourself. >> one woman who certainly is comfortable with herself is naomi campbell, instantly recognizable, notorious for being a diva, now she's the star of a new reality tv show called

"the face." we go one-on-one with the one, the only naomi campbell. >> naomi campbell puts the superin super model. her legendary career, her face, that body, the diva reputation. through it all, campbell manages to make virtually every appearance. >> look forward to this. >> look like a catwalk. >> i've had a very color full life i could say. >> a professional life that started at age 5. ♪ >> as an extra in this bob marley video. discovered as a face at age 14, she soon started modeling and in short order, landed a series of firsts. first black model on the cover of "time," french "vogue," british "vogue," and most recently seen here on the cover of italian "vogue." >> we've also, of course, built a reputation. >> sometimes being a little difficult to work with. >> my lateness was terrible.

and i'll admit to that but i get there and i get the job done. so i never believed in giving an excuse. >> no excuses, no regrets. >> does it upset you that people still bring up -- >> not at all. >> the cell phone. >> not at all. i do feel i've grown from it, but it doesn't upset me. >> so much so, after 26 years in the modeling business, fabulous at 42, campbell is now taking on another role. star and executive producer of a new reality tv show. >> i don't want any fights amongst you. >> part america's top model, parts the voice, the face debuting on the oxygen network pits campbell's team of aspiring models against two other teams coached by super models carolina ker covo and cocoa row shah. the winner wins a national beauty contract. >> nice, let's go. >> like any good reality show, there is drama. >> do not --

>> get out. >> i wan this had to be authentic. so that meant picking up the phone and asking for these favors. >> from people like? >> patrick demarshall yea. >> editor-in-chief of w magazine. >> how is it that we get older and she stays the same? >> well, she has the right genes i would say. >> naomi moves better than any woman i have never seen in clothing. whether he i am in a really big rut i will call her and she'll come to my studio on a weekend and put on the clothing and make them come to life. she feels the clothing. she becomes it. >> some say "the face" shows the name ohmy her friends now. >> how does the new nay oem mill differ from the older one. >> i loved the young wild naomi. i love name moemmy because i know her heart and soul. >> in an industry that's fickle, campbell is both a super model and a survivor.

for more on my interview with name oemmy campbell head to the living section on cnn.com where you can get more on faction backstage pass. we close the show as always with my topics from new york fashion week. >> this ostrich feather dress from jason wu, this printed pony coat from proenza schooler and tech out in technostretch sweater and skirt from victoria beckham. and this black leather turtleneck, belted pants with black and white fox mittens. i'll end my looks from new york fashion week with this red cut silk lace blouse from tom brown because what is fashion if not a dream? >> we're so glad you were with us for this special edition of fashion backstage pass. for more on my fashion specials, follow me on twitter @alina cho cnn. i'm alina cho from lincoln

center in new york city. thanks for watching. it's 3:00 p.m. on the east coast, noon out west. for those of you joining us, thanks so much for being here. we've got a great show for you today. i'm deb feyerick in for fredricka whitfield. here are the top stories in the newsroom now. russians are busy fixing what a visitor from space broke. broken windows, damaged buildings, more than 1,000 injuries. more images of the meteor explosion coming in. we're learning more about an event that we'll probably never see again. we've seen another bright on the streaking across the california sky. was that another meteor moment? we're asking an astronomer from nasa about it later.

the mystery over how christopher dorner died. the former lapd officer died in a single gunshot wound to the head. he apparently shot himself during that fiery standoff at a cabin in the mountains just east of los angeles. and in south africa, a reality show featuring the girlfriend of oscar pistorius premiered a short time ago. people say the tv show is exploiting the memory of reva steenkamp the model who police say was killed by pistorious. he is now in jail charged with murdering her. we'll have a preview of that show in just a moment. and a surprising announcement from the vatican today. a spokesman says the cardinals whoing choose a sesser to the pope could meet sooner than planned. the conclave is slated to begin march 15th but the vatican says the date could move up if all the cardinals in are in rome. al there are 67 appointed by benedict himself and they will

choose his replacement after the pope retires february 28th. now to the meteor that crashed to earth exploding in russia. folks there still in shock. . some thought terrorists were attacking them. while others thought the world was ending before their eyes. cnn's phil black is near a frozen lake where locals say there's evidence of a meteor. >> reporter: we're walking on a frozen lake. it's about a 90 minute drive west. we're here because locals say a big fragment from the meteor punched through the ice. and is now sitting at the bottom of the lake. [ speaking foreign language ]

that was a very firm no. these police officers say it is prohibited for us to be here to shoot video to try and walk any further. if part of that meteorite came down there where those vehicles are as locals say it did the russian authorities don't want us or anyone else to see it. the meteor's final descent through the atmosphere was seen by people all across this region. at this school, students came outside to look at the trail of smoke it left in the sky. one student captured the moment on his phone. >> what were you thinking? what do you think your friends were thinking? >> firstly, i think it seems to be a terrorist attack. they guessed that it was a rocket bomb. >> and then there is the big blast, the sonic boom. >> my ears has defefeel it and

everyone fall down like this. and ground shake a little. it was awful. some girls were crying, scream, panic and crying. >> reporter: there are a few isolated examples of really substantial damage caused by this meteor and its shock wave. here at this factor it is said to have knocked over the brick walls here by the road. elsewhere across the city, it's mostly superficial, glass and window frames and a lot of that has already been cleaned up and repaired. within a week or so, there should be fuel physical scars left from this city's close encounter with a meteor, but it is likely to be something the people here will be talking about for some time to come. phil black, cnn, chelyabinsk, russia. >> so did anyone see this meteor coming? and if not, why not?

coming up, flas sa expert explains what we've learned about that fireball in russia and what needs to be done in or order to detect more objects like that. >> folks in south africa are in disbelief their olympic hero is being called a murderer. oscar pistorius with a record breaking win during the 2012 pair olympics is spending the weekend in jail, accused of shooting his model girlfriend reva steenkamp on valentine's day. and now new images of her today from a south african broadcast company. a reality show she was a part of aired its first episode a short time ago. take a look there and i want to bring in airline barnett in south africa with the latest on that. erroll, there was a lot of controversy over whether in fact this show should air. what does it tell us about steenkamp? >> well, it tells us that this was one of her ambitions.

she was a cover model and would wear bikinis. she graced the covers of fhm in south africa, the south african version of what's popular in the u.s. for her being on a reality tv program was quite an aachievement. the program premiered today in south africa for the first time called "tropica island of treasure 5" where attractive people get on bathing suits and compete for a cash prize. reva steenkamp didn't really -- wasn't prominent in this program. but what the producers did is they aired at the beginning of the show what we believe to be her good-bye message to the rest of her cast. so just listen to this which was what was the first thing south african s heard from her since her tragic death on valentine's day. >> you literally fall in love with jamaica. you fall in love with being in love with love. just one love everywhere. i'm going home with sort i've sweet taste in my mouth.

i don't have any regrets. i don't have any -- i'll take home with me so many amazing memories and things that are in here and are in here that i'll treasure forever. i'm going to miss you all so much. i love you very, very much. >> what's interesting about that message is that producers defended their decision to allow this program to air by saying samantha moon the creator of the program said that reva was an intelligent beautiful and amazing woman and we feel it would be an injustice to keep that from those who don't know her personally. reaction here in south africa is mixed. some people agree. they say it puts her in a good light. it makes people more aware who she was and how intelligent and beautiful she was. while others say my goodness, it's been a few days since she was tragically allegedly murdered. and that that's it's quite insensitive. >> it's such an interesting case. clearly pistorious breaking down

in the room and because of strict laws in south africa, a lot of details are not allowed to be made public, but pistorious' family did react recently. what did they say? >> yes, because on friday, as you may remember, pistorious broke down in court while he found out the prosecutors plan to charge an him with pre-med dated murder that he planned to kill her. so his family today released a statement saying once again they strongly refute those allegations. but they also are now giving us insight into his mental state. they say pistorious is numb with shock as well as grief after all this has taken place and that the family, you know, is shocked about the death of reva and, of course, with the circumstances surrounding all of this. and we won't know anything else, debra till tuesday when oscar pistorius continues his hearing in court, possibly enters a plea. we'll get an indication of what

his defense will be. till then it's all question marks as reva steenkamp in a morbid way becomes a reality tv star in her death. >> wow. well, just amazing to watch and clearly just a stunning, stunning tragic turn of events. okay. errol bennet, we appreciate your information. well, he was once a rising star in the democratic party. but now, jesse jackson junior is an accused felon. federal prosecutors are charging the former illinois congressman with misusing about $750,000 in campaign funds. they say he used it for personal expenses, including a rolex watch, worth more than $43,000. jackson reached a plea deal but he could serve up to five years in prison. in california, another popular politician, the former mayor of san diego is in trouble for using more than $2 million from a foundation to fund her gambling habit. maureen o'connor told a federal

court she won and lost $1 billion playing video poker over nine years. the money came in part from her husband, her late husband's foundation, her attorney says she had a health problem. now, this was not we think simply a psychiatric problem or a character or logical detect because there is substantial evidence that during this same time, there was a tumor growing in her brain. >> the san diego bureau chief of the "l.a. times" covered o'connor for years and told us people simply can't believe it. >> if someone a week ago said i saw maureen o'connor in a casino, i would have thought yeah, she probably had a dixie cup full of nickles. to find out she was a high roller, we're stunned. >> one of the reasons she had a billion is that her late husband was founder of the restaurant jack-in-the-box.

her husband made that fortune with the fast food chain. in a deal with the feds, she can avoid being prosecuted only if she pays the misappropriated karat money within two years. she says she's bankrupt. it's the video everyone is talking about. a meteor crashes into russia hours before a near miss by an asteroid and just last night, people say they saw a fireball in the skies over san francisco. so what is going on? are we in danger? we will talk to a nasa astronomer. plus, usairways and american airlines merge into the biggest carrier. but is this a match made in the friendly skies for you or for the airline? and rock are and gun advocate ted nugent firing back in the debate over gun control. i'm headed to the firing range with the motor city mad mann had who invited us to his ranch. that's an interview you don't want to miss. ♪ ♪

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way to detect falling objects from space. ing employee zillions nasa astronomer amy mine zer. this is truly unique that this is happening right now. >> that's right. this is an incredible cosmic coincidence we would have two such events like this on the same day. it is a coincidence. these are two totally unrelated objects. >> nasa has something i guess the cosmic watch lab and they monitor for near earth objects. everyone knew about the asteroid but not about the meteor. how come? how did that go undetected? >> that's right. so nasa has actually been funding a lot of efforts to search for these objects far away in space and we want to track them and follow them as they make possible close approaches. we've been very successful at that for the largest of objects but the smaller objects often can slip by unhe detected in some case. this meteor over russia was a

very small object. now we know it's about 17 meters is across, about the size of a five-story building, very small. it came in during the daytime in russia. so this would have been very, very difficult for astronomers on the ground to discover with the telescopes that we have today. the good news is we've been far more successful at finding the very large objects though. >> that's fascinating me when you say this meteor was relatively small. clearly when an asteroid or something enters is the atmosphere, it begins to incinerate so that smaller pieces fall and become those meteors. to say a small meteor the size of a five-story building if that had had hit a place like chicago or miami or new york or los angeles, it could have potentially had much more serious consequences. >> well, one thing to keep in mind is that the earth's atmosphere acts as a shield that protects us from the bulk of the energy from these objects. believe it or not, the atmosphere actually absorbed almost all of the impact energy.

in fact, the object exploded in the skies about 20 miles bob the earth's surface. so most of that great energy from the impact got converted into the heat and the light and the giant trail that everybody saw going across the sky. so that's a very good thing. now, larger objects obviously can cause more damage and that's why we're continuing to monitor the skies. obviously we have a lot of work left to do. so you can see that the search is not over yet. >> very quickly because i would be remiss if i didn't ask this question. you know we all know that big asteroid or meteor that fell to earth and is believed to have destroyed the dinosaurs so many years ago by kicking up a dust cloud and changing the earth's climate. if an asteroid that size and i think it was what, six miles long, if an asteroid that size were to come to earth, could it be redirected? >> well this again depends how much time have you and how much warning. the good news is we now know from scientists and astronomers all over the world that 90% of these dinosaur-killing like

objects have been found they're being tracked. fortunately there are none we know of on threatening trajectories. we're continuing to monitor them. the idea is to try to find them 20 to 30 years away from any potential impact so we have time to safely push them out of the way. nasa has been studying technologies to do that. >> good. keep studying. >> everybody wants you to keep doing that. amy meinzer, we really appreciate it. it certainly puts a lot of smaller worries into perspective. thanks for your time. so how big will your tax refund be? maybe another meteor headed your way. i'm sure it won't be as much as facebooks. the company made just over $1 billion last year. it's getting back half a billion from the government. what? yep. we've got the details. >> plus, a match made at 30,000 feet. usairways and american airlines just tied the knot. we'll show you what this merger

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called citizens for tax justice. facebook gets its tax break because of its reliance on stock options. as compensation. and thankfully that infamous carnival cruise didn't end in disaster. the nightmare trip apparently didn't sink the company's fortunes either. here's alison kosik. >> hi, deb. the big theme this week was companies doing what they can to protect their valuable brands. a wild week at sea for the carnival triumph cause aid dip in the share price. the company did do a good job taking care of the crisis. nike, oakley and others backed away from south african olympic star oscar pistorius after he wound up in court answering to murder charges. he will lose about $2 million in endorsements. and tiffany went on the offense. the luxury good retailer is suing costco for advertising engagement rings assistiveny. tiffany wants millions of dollars in damages plus triple

the profits made on the non-tiffany rings. corporate takeovers off to their fastest pace since 2000. american airlines and usairways announced a megamerger wednesday. experts say your fares probably won't go up, but expect reservation headaches while the companies combine their computer systems. warren buffett's berkshire hathway is teaming up to buy h.j. heinz for a whopping $28 billion. and comcast about take contr. the dow hit another five-year high on tuesday. but investors saw little motivation to make a run at the all-time high of 14 had $164. the blue ships ended the week at $13,981. the stock market comeback helped boost the average american's 401(k) balance to a record high

in december. deb? >> alison kosik, thanks. a deal six months in the making is now a done deal. the merger between usairways and the bankrupt american airlines together they'll be the largest airline, but at what cost to you? ali velshi as the answers. >> if regulators allow it, usair is going to take over a bankrupt american airlines creating the world's biggest airline in the process. the new company will keep the american airlines name. passengers worry that airfares will shoot up as competition disappears. now, i talked to the ceos of both companies when he they announced the merger and they said passengers were not see fare hikes. >> we're going to take two airlines, put them together flying the same number of planes to the same number of places which is good for the consumers of both airlines. there won't be a reduction in supply. no reason to believe there would

be an increase in pricing. >> so why would we take the ceos word for it? prices for an average domestic economy airfare have actually dropped since 1979 from the $579 then to $365 now. though they have started to tick up a little lately. at the same time, the number of airlines has been shrinking just after airline deregulation came into effect, there were 20 major airlines in the u.s. by 1990, only 12 in operation. today just seven. with usair and american merging we'll be down to six. they don't have a lot of overlapping routes or hubs. there will be only about eight routes only serves by one airline. >> ali velshi, thanks. the fight over gun control got even more intense after the newtown tragedy. a lot of people say access to assault weapons has to be restricts but rocker and gun enthusiast ted nugent says no, that's not the answer.

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or perhaps four workouts a week may be more beneficial. president obama has renewed his call for congress to acon his gun proposals. yesterday he went home to chicago to drive home the message. earlier, he gave pos humus honors to the adults shot and killed at sandy hook elementary school. one of the president's most visible and vocal opponents is rocker ted nugent. he wears his passion on his sleeve. he incited us to his texas range to explain his views and shoot some rounds. >> fire in the hole. >> for ted nugent, gun control is putting is the second bullet in the same hole as the first. >> two down. >> a lot of people look at the tragedy at sandy hook and they say, something's got to be done. >> agreed, something does have to be done. >> they point to the weapons that were used as the cause. >> no, it's not the weapons. the weapons have nothing to do with it. these, again, these weapons are

in every pickup truck in texas. ♪ >> the famed platinum selling rocker is passionate about his music, his family, and his firearms. nugent is fiercely protective of the rights of law abiding gun owners and he's invited husband to his 300 acre ranch in waco, texas, to explain why. >> i'll give you some real eye candy in a second. >> we see orex, wild turkey and black buck antelope, all fair game during hunting season. like tens of millions of americans, nugent grew up hunting with his dad and brothers. guns are a family tradition he has avidly passed on to his wife and kids. >> if somebody close to you were killed by a gunman, were your views change? >> absolutely not. no, i would never turn against this wonderful tool that brings me self-defense capabilities, and brings me great joy in competition and marksmanship

train penguin deb, you climb up this platform. >> i'm trying to understand the nature of the hunt. >> when i get up here, i'm not kidding you, i do 79 concerts, and i get up here, strap myself in, i take a deep breath and i sit here for six hours. >> so it's meditative to you? >> absolute meditation. >> have you ever tried yoga? >> i think this is the supreme yoga. all right, fire in the hole. >> nugent's passion for guns and unyielding belief in the second amendment right to bear arms has transformed nugent into the sometimes fanatical face of the national rifle association. >> boy, are you a city girl. >> i'm such a city girl. >> you stand kind of like you're golfing and squeeze that trigger. >> geez. >> as he teaches me gun safety, nugent repeatedly emphasizes that gun violence is caused by criminals, the mentally ill and a justice system that paroles felons too soon. he believes limiting guns and

ammunitions will is not stop tradition like sandy hook elementary. >> the argument that was made is that he was allowed to kill as many people as he did because it had multiple bullets and he was able to just keep fire snoog yep, the rate of fire in all these mass shootings, it's not a matter of bullets or firepower. a quail gun in the wrong hands is as deadly as this. >> the ability to defend his family is something he takes very, very seriously. >> when i'm being assaulted at my home, i and a loan by any consideration whatsoever will determine how many bullets i need to protect my family. >> nugent has been a sheriff's deputy for 30 years and carries a concealed glock at all times. so the i want you and i to solve this problem of gun violence. >> there is no gun violence. there is criminal violence and they use assortment of tools. >> let's talk about background

checks. >> i like background checks. >> yes. but not at gun shows or with private sales. >> a lot of people in law enforcement have to take a psychological exam before they're allowed to carry. why not ordinary citizens? >> i wrote wang go tango and i carry a gun ♪ >> nugent sticks to his guns literally. for him, the second amendment is nonnegotiable. >> america, my name's ted nugent and these are all legal guns and i'm going to see that they remain legal because they're all good. >> and one of nugent's and nra's key arguments is banning certain guns criminalize legal citizens. the oscar buzz is getting louder, the awards will be handed out in just over a week. ahead, a look at some of the nominees in films you may have missed. how do you keep an older car running like new? you ask a ford customer. when they tell you that you need your oil changed

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well, if you missed the s.a.g. awards or the gamies you still have a chance to see your celebrities line the red carpet for a night of glitz and glam, an the 85th academy awards are little more than a week away. you'll be catching up on this year's topics maybe tonight, tomorrow. grae drake from rotten tomatos.com joins us. there is a lot of buzz surrounding the oscars but i want to talk about some of the must see means from years past. featuring some of this year's big named nominees. start with hugh jackman for his role in lay miserable. he starred in real steel about robots that take to the boxing ring. take a look. >> right, left, uppercut. >> i knew that price was too good to be true. >> let me see if i can fix it.

>> look how good he looks too. what was that? was that japanese? >> uppercut. >>. >> let me see if i can resay it in english. >> how in the hell do you know japanese? >> all right. so real steel, kind of interesting. what did you think about it? >> this is why i love hugh jackman because not only is he an amazing film like lay myself but in a film about a father and son rekindling their relationship set against the backdrop of robot boxing. this guy could do anything. i love hugh jackman. >> yeah, it's hard not to love hugh jackman in virtually anything he does. daniel day-lewis is up for best actor in "lincoln." what should we see he's been in the in the past? >> you love his "lincoln," he's been turning in amazing performances forever, not the least of which is the one that he won his first academy award for when he played an irish

artist who had cerebral palsy in my left foot". >> this movie was so fantastic. it basically left right feet all over the world han kerring for their own movie. he is spectacular. he's been amazing for the longest time. he's basically the male meryl streep of cinema. everything that he does is worth watch snoog there's no question, he has this ability to simply morph and become the character that he's playing. i remember my left foot". that was an awesome movie. okay. ladies, we can't forget the ladies. jessica chas tarngs jennifer lawrence up for their roles in ze"zero dark thirty" and "silve linings playbook"". what other movies have they been in you think we should see. >> jessica has had a really prolific career in a short amount of time. a movie she's in you may not have heard of is not for people who like easy answers in their movies but it's called "take shelter," and it's about an

apocklyptic storm that may or may not actually exist in her husband's mind. michael shannon plays her husband. she's this amazing grounding support to him in a film that could have been awful and a waste of time because it was so cerebral, but she made it interesting and michael is also a fantastic actor, as well. it's a good off the beaten path movie. >> jennifer lawrence? >> winter's bone was the movie she was first nominated for an academy award doing, and she played a girl in the ozark who's had to find her father in order to save her family's home. but she was also in a sundance movie that was -- it won the grand jury prize and apparently had all improvised dialogue but you would never know it because the actors were so good. jennifer lawrence is so young and so mature and vulnerable, plus, she's a lot of fun to watch during awards season because that girl doesn't have a filter when he she talks. that is fun on the red carpet. >> that's right. we like people 0 who don't edit

themselves. jessica chastain, what i love about her, she changes. you don't even realize that you're watching her. she was in "the help," and played the blonde character. your predictions? who are -- now that they've got this great body of work behind them, who do you think are going to be the big winners of that night. >> daniel day-lewis as has won every watered this season. so it's hard to bet against him. i'd love to see hugh jackman take it. jennifer lawrence has won more awards than jessica chastain. i think come awards night, she's going to take this prize. but "zero dark thirty" was such a good film and in the minds of so many voters, that one is kind of anybody's game in my. >> pam: >> all right. well, amazing. i am so behind in my movie watching. but i promise you, i will do it by next week. okay, and remember. >> all right, i'm watch snoog that's right. you text me. because i'm going to let you

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john bren, the man that president obama wants to be the next cia director has revealed that he and other officials did meet lined closed doors with the producer of "zero dark thirty," the movie about the agency's effort to find and kill osama bin laden. brennan told the senate intelligence committee he and other white house officials met with the filmmaker in june of 2011 for an unclassified discussion on how the white house viewed is the opportunities and risks associated with that film. it was a busy week for news, and as cnn political editor paul steinhauser explained you may have missed a couple of great stories that went under the radar. >> hay, deb, from a crippled cruise ship to the killing of christopher dorner to meteors and asteroids a lot of political news was overshadows by bigger headlines. you heard about president obama's state of the union address and the senate's showdown over chuck hagels

nomination. but here are spore stories you may have missed. >> mayor michael bloomberg is known for banning large sugary sos and now he's going after plastic foam food containers. >> something that is costing taxpayers money and that is easily replaceable is something we can do without. >> 89-year-old senator frank lautenberg of new jersey announced he won't run for re-election next year and ris he triarment will bing an end to an era. >> i am the remaining member of the senate who served in where would world war ii. >> he boys the fourth senator to retire next year rather than run for re-election. >> and paul will be back tomorrow in our 4:00 eastern hour with some of your opinions about how president obama is doing on the job and on what you think about a possible heraldo rivera run for u.s. senate. and this just in. we want to get up to speed. a small plane was intercepted by

a fighter jet and taken to a florida airport after violating temporary flight restrictions set up for president obama's visit. we are learning that according to an army lieutenant colonel, the cessna 152 entered the restricted air space near the resort where president obama is staying in palm city, florida. norad sent an f-16 fighter jet and a coast guard helicopter to intercept the plane. the f-16 flew with the plane until it landed at witham field in stewart. the plane was met by local officials and the u.s. secret service. and we are told now the federal aviation administration is investigating this incident. we will keep you up to date on the very latest to see what this small plane was doing in the president's restricted air space. moving on now to lady gaga. she has cancelled the rest of her "born this way" tour because of an injury. dr. sanjay gupta is up next to tell us what happened to ms. gaga, and how serious it really is. mine was earned in djibouti, africa, 2004.

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well, heartbreak for all you little monsters out there. lady gaga is cancelling the rest of her dates on her concert tour. seems a major injury is side lining the singing sensation. dr. sanjay gupta explains exactly what happened. >> well, deb, as we know, lady gaga actually has two separate but related injuries going on here. first of all, a severe inflammati inflammation, and then also a tissue tear in her hip. we first heard about what was happening with lady gaga's injuries. she said she had something called sino invitis, a severe inflammation of her hip joint. now, that can develop in any joint in the body, the shoulder, the knee, a hip. and it doesn't always lead to the next thing, which in this case is a tissue tear. in lady gaga's case, she said

she hid the pain in her hip for a while but then it became worse and we're now sort of learning why. in addition to that inflammation, she has a tear in the soft tissue you of her are right hip. i want to show you. take a look. this here is called the labrum. it's sort of that ring of soft tissue inside the hip. and you can sort of see it in that particular area. if you look from a side angle, you being see that ball at the top of the femur. that's the leg bone. that fits into the hip joint socket. the labrum is inside that area, and it's what holds the whole joint in place. now orthopedic doctors say typically this injury can occur in young people. in fact, people under the able age of 30 who are active. it's doing the same set of movements over and over aga that doctors think cause these tears to happen. so for example, lady gaga's dance moves, she repeats at every show. or remember alex rodriguez, new york yankee, he had surgery to repair of a torn labrum in his

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network plays a clip of her reality show. >> you literally fall in love with jamaica. you fall in love with being in love with love. it's just one love everywhere. i'm going home with -- >> the double amputee track star is charged with killing her with a .9 millimeter gun. his family denies any involvement in her murder. a bail hearing for pistorius has been pushed back until tuesday. russians are cleaning up after that once in a lifetime meteor blast yesterday. more than 1,000 people were hurt, mostly by flying glass from the shock wave. nasa now says the meteor was around 55 feet and weighed around 10,000 tons. you can feel the impact there and the panic that followed. divers have been looking for the meteor in a frozen lake. so far, though, they have not found anything. that meteor falling just in western siberia. and the meteor blast came on the same day, much bigger asteroid came within about 17,000 miles of earth. that is a close call by cosmic standards.

and it's a good thing that one didn't hit the earth or we would have a much bigger problem than flying gralass. cnn's tom foreman compares the two. >> about half the size of a football field, traveling close to 17, 18,000 miles an hour. and if it had hit the earth, we're told it would explode with the force of more than 2 million tons of dynamite what would that be like? how big with that be? well, by comparison, let's think about what happened in russia, where that meteor exploded in the atmosphere. about 30 miles above the earth and produced all of that damage. that was about this big. if it were actually here right now, my comparison to it would be about like this. it's not really that large. the asteroid that missed us, however, was more like this size. and you can just imagine the impact comparatively if this came in and exploded in the atmosphere or if this actually hit the earth. and bear in mind, this is a relatively small asteroid. that's one of the reasons so

many scientists watched with interest and so many people are asking, is there something we might be able to do if something bigger than this started heading our way? >> tom foreman there. well, a small plane was intercepted and escorted by a fighter jet to a florida airport after violating temporary flight restrictions set up for president obama's visit. the cessna 152 period entered the restricted air space near the resort where the president is staying in palm city. norad sent an f-16 fighter jet and a coast guard helicopter to intercept the plane. the f-16 flew with the plane until it landed at a nearby air base where it was met by local officials and the u.s. secret service. the faa is investigating the incident. the president is having a boys' weekend. a deal six months in the making finally went through this week. the merger between usairways and the bankrupt american airlines. the new carrier would be the world's largest. but that has some people worried about fare increases.

ali velshi sat down and asked about that. there seems to be this popular myth about when airlines merge, fares go up. tell me what you see. >> two airlines highly complimentary, put them together, fly the same number of airplanes to the same number of places which is actually good for the consumers at both airlines, there won't be a reduction in supply, so therefore, no reason to believe there would be an increase in pricing. >> of course, the companies will have to combine their computer systems. that could mean headaches when you try to make a reservation. now to something else in the sky. drones. we normally think of them as being used over foreign lands to fight foreign enemies. but you might start seeing them in your own neighborhood. our athena jones has the details. >> reporter: the skies across america could soon be welcoming more drones. the faa is seeking proposals from cities, states and universities to create six test sites for unmanned aircraft systems.

the sites will help officials develop safety standards that will allow the government to fully integrate drones into the national air space by 2015. the drone industry says they make good economic sense. >> in the next three years, after the faa has figured out integration, we could see as many as 70,000 jobs be created in this new industry. >> reporter: the coast guard uses drones for surveillance on ice sheets in alaska, and local authorities in north dakota once used a border patrol drone during a dispute over cattle. drone-makers predict they'll eventually be used by energy companies to monitor pipelines and by farmers to monitor crops. new uses will require new government rules to protect privacy. >> we don't want drones to become eyes in the sky, constantly spying us. we need control so that drones are only used when we have -- we believe that a crime is happening or we're trying to do something particular like fight a forest fire or finding a

missing child. if we put those controls in place, we'll have a powerful technology that has appropriate controls. >> reporter: in seattle, privacy and the virginia legislature would temporarily ban drones there. the faa is asking for public input on its proposed privacy requirements for these test sites and this privacy issue isn't going away. just this week, two house members, a republican and a democrat, introduced a bill that would require law enforcement to get a search warrant before using drones to investigate crimes. deb? >> athenna jones, thanks. a surprising announcement from the vatican today. a spokesman says the cardinals who will choose a successor to pope benedict xvith could mean sooner than first planned. the conclave is slateded to begin march 15th but the vatican says the date could move up. if all the cardinals are in

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if you depend on any type of federal services. for example, getting through the tsa lines at the airport, well, you could soon face delays. and that's because unless congress and the president agree on a new budget plan, huge spending cuts will take place the is 1st of march. so far, both side don't seem chose on how to avoid them. >> some in congress have proposed preventing only the defense cuts. by making even bigger cuts to things like education and job training. medicare and social security benefits. that idea is even worse. >> emily schmidt is in washington for us. and emily, this sounds like the exact same fight that we just went through back in january

1st, trying to avoid the fiscal cliff. how much money are we talking about, and is there any hope of a compromise? >> yeah, second verse, same as the first, isn't that right, deb? the plan here is to cut $1.2 trillion over the next ten years. how much money is that? think of it this way, more than $3100 for every person in the u.s., at least according to the latest census numbers. there's still a week and a half to come up with that compromise. but some leaders don't sound optimistic they will. in fact, president obama said in his state of the union address, the democrats, republicans, business leaders and economists all say the sequester is a really bad idea. he says the country can't cut its way to prosperity. but then look at republicans. they say any increase taxes are a nonstarter. in fact, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said tuesday, it's pretty clear to him, these cuts are going into effect. there's always a chance to set a later deadline, though, deb. remember, this was originally supposed to begin january 1st. in the meantime, though, government agencies are warning what comes next if there's no deal in the next few days. >> you know, it's interesting, because republicans may say no

we're not going to accept tax increases. but that's exactly what happened. january 1. how will these cuts directly impact you and me? you mentioned this $3100 figure. we earlier spoke about lines, tsa lines at the airports. but what else? >> i want to show you something. this is a pile of letters. these are sent from almost every federal agency that you can think of to the senate appropriation committee. and talk about good reading, outlining potential cuts of the impact. let's talk about food safety, the fda says you can expect 2100 fewer domestic and foreign food safety inspections. says that could increase the chance you would get a food-borne illness. the department of defense says it's going to have hiring freezes, could lay off up to 46,000 temporary and contract employees, points out that 86% of its civilian employees live outside of the washington, d.c. metropolitan area. even your summer vacation could be impacted. the department of the interior says expect reduced hours and services at 398 national parks. these range from the statue of liberty to the grand canyon.

deb, most agencies are looking at at least a 5% cut. >> emily, i have to think the last thing the president wants right now is to have to let people go and that's going to affect the jobs numbers that are going to come out in the future. but who will most americans blame? are they going to blame president or are they going to blame republicans, are they just fed up with both sides? well, we certainly know that pollsters are probably trying to get ahead of that question right now. and we see both democrats and republicans trying to position themselves to get a little bit ahead of that public opinion. we saw this week how house minority leader nancy pelosi saying republicans are playing games with the economy. house speaker john boehner countered saying it's the president's term to come up with a plan. the blame game may be just around the corner but so too is the sequestration deadline. >> the blame game has a way of wearing good people down. all right. emily schmidt, thanks so much. appreciate your insights on everything we're going to lose if they don't come up with a deal soon.

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jodi arias is testifying for her life. she is on trial for murder, accused of shooting her ex boyfriend, travis alexander in the face, and then stabbing him

29 times and slitting his throat. gene can he sar as has the details. >> reporter: jodi arias is up to may 2008 so this next week is going to be a pivotal week in this case. because she is very close to testifying what happened on june 4th when she killed travis alexander. she says in self defense. but there is a lot of testimony that may come before that. because at the end of may, her grandparents' home was burglarized. the .25 caliber gun of her grandfather's mysteriously was stolen out of the home. she was there when police arrived. also, what about that trip she took, the trip that began by renting a car? and the trip that then went to darryl brewer's house, a former boyfriend? did she really ask him for gas cans? and then that trip to southern california, and why no records on the trip to mesa? all of this will come on direct examination, and then there will be the cross-examination from the prosecutor, juan martinez.

it is apt to be a very, very important and explosive week in this death penalty trial in arizona. the trial of jodi arias. i'm gejean casarez in phoenix, arizona. >> thank you, jean. jodi arias admits she has killed her ex-boyfriend, but even though she has been on the witness stand for five days, she has not yet told stories about that night and how it happened. her lawyers are trying to make her out to be a sympathetic figure, someone who snapped after being mistreated and abused by a domineering man. i want to bring in my guest, wendy murphy, former sex crimes prosecutor, law professor in boston. thanks so much for joining us. i've been listening to this testimony. sometimes she comes across as sympathetic. and sometimes she comes across as a woman who is just trying to create sympathy by faking it. what is your take? >> yeah. i mean, deb, my take is that that's because some of what she

is telling us is probably true. but she is mixing it in with things that i think we all know are false. and when you try to manipulate whether it's public opinion or the jury, you know, no matter what you think you may be conveying to them, if they think you're lying, it's not going to go over very well. >> it's so fascinating, because when we see pictures of her from the time she was going out with travis alexander, she's got this blonde hair, the pictures she looks very happy, they look like a very good couple. it's disconnected from some of the testimony she's giving, which is really a combination that, you know, they were into this kinky sex, even though they were getting much of deeper into mormonism. the picture doesn't seem to fit. >> yeah. you know, the prosecution is going to enjoy the cross-examination in terms of showcasing how truly sexually assertive and even aggressive she was. and it's not going to go -- again, it's not going to go over

well with the jury she is trying to convey herself as a victim who was not a sexually active woman who was enjoying some of those kinky stuff. you know, it may be not that great for travis. maybe he's not as sympathetic as he might have been, had we not heard this stuff. because he is coming across as kinky and has odd, private activities. on the other hand, if she was doing the same stuff, it's kind of a wash. >> well, that's exactly right. i mean, obviously, they're trying to determine whether, in fact, she was a willing participant or whether she was doing this against her will. they played a phone call this week. do you think that phone call was convincing to show that, no, this was not something she wanted, this kind of relationship with alexander. >> you know, it cuts both ways. there are things that he says in there that sound so grotesque. tying to trees and really strange sexual stuff. but those were fantasies. everybody agrees that some of what was on that tape never happened. so it was clearly a man fantasizing.

and there were times, i'll try to be polite here, there were times when they both agreed he was very generous to her in a sexual sense, making her happy for 45 minutes straight in a bubble bath. that's the antithesis of an abusive man from where i sit. so i don't think the jury is getting a clear sense that travis was a bad guy at all. at all. he may have had fantasies that were weird and even ugly and deranged, but he didn't seem to be acting them out with her or anybody else. >> what's so fascinating, wendy, is when we look at some of the testimony, and you can see the families of both inside that courtroom. it's not a very big courtroom. but you can see alexander's family, who is sitting there, having to listen to this. and it gets very almost tiring. and you see this family taking it in almost in disbelief. >> yeah. i can't imagine how it feels to be there. and i know that they know a lot

of this is a big lie. it's bad enough to hear somebody charged with the murder of your son, you know, not only trying to make herself look like a victim when it's clear who the real victim is, but then making up stories about him. and you can't do anything. you can't stand up and object and scream or throw things. i think it must be very difficult. but, you know, when you're trying to win a case in front of a jury, it's all about the picture and the narrative and what gets portrayed as the storyline. how do people feel? on the one hand, the defense is trying to turn this into some kind of combination of the movie "the burning bed" and "debby does dallas" when it looks like the real truth is more like "friday the 13th" mixed together with "fatal attraction" and you have to hope the family -- at the end of the day, the family believes the truth will be told. and you have to sit tight when some of the more dramatic, fake stuff is coming out. you really don't have a choice in a court of law. >> yeah, it's really all about the cross examination and the

closings, because that's when prosecutors have their chance to frame the argument, frame the debate, and make her perhaps seem less weak or meek as she was, especially when you think about all of the things she had to do in order to see alexander that night. all right, wendy murphy, thank you so much. we'll keep watching. hard to look away. kind of like a car accident, unfortunately. okay. thanks so much. well, he is on a hot streak on the court. nba sensation, lebron james, is ready to turn up the heat for this weekend's all-star game. what's it like to be on such a roll on center court? find out when he tells us in just a moment. ♪ [ male announcer ] a car has a rather small rear-view mirror, so we can occasionally glance back at where we've been. it has an enormous windshield so we can look ahead to where we are going. now is always the time to go forward. and reimagine all the possibilities that lie before us. an ally for real possibilities.

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